Tag: Drug abuse
Walgreens to Sell Naloxone, Heroin Overdose Remedy, Over-the-Counter
Walgreens announced that it will sell naloxone – an antidote for overdoses of heroin and other opioids – without a prescription in states where...
American Heroin Part 3: Hope and Recovery
As perceptions among lawmakers and medical professionals shift toward seeing the current heroin epidemic as a public health crisis, policies are slowly falling into...
American Heroin: Medicine, Crisis, Epidemic – Part 2: Needles in the...
From heroin’s origins to the pathways it takes to enter the country and the effect it has on cities and states around the...
American Heroin: Medicine, Crisis, Epidemic – Part 1: A Nation in...
Opiate use is deeply rooted in American history, with waves of addiction rolling over the vast North American landscape over the last two centuries....